《時間的秩序》探索時間的真義
「我們就是時間,我們就是此在的這空間,循著存在於我們神經元之間的記憶而開啟的這片曠野。我們就是記憶。我們就是懷舊。我們總是渴望著永遠不會到來的未來。」
時間從來沒有停止讓我們感到困惑。從古至今哲學家、藝術家與詩人都曾探索過它的意義,而科學家則發現,它的結構與我們直觀的認識非常不同。自19世紀的物理學家波茲曼到量子理論,從愛因斯坦到迴圈量子重力論…我們對時間的理解持續經歷劇烈的轉變。時間的流動隨著不同的地方有著不同的速度、所謂過去與未來的不同,也可能比我們以為的少很多,而在寬闊的宇宙裡,「當下」的概念是如此微不足道,彷彿要蒸發了一般。
在《七堂簡單物理課》羅維理以優美而詩意卻並不艱澀,讓每個讀者都能親近的方式,打開了走入物理的門。《時間的秩序》以他超凡的魅力與好奇心,帶領讀者解開時間之謎。讀來既充滿啟發,更溫暖而令人撫慰,因為了認識我們自己,我們必須省思時間─而為了理解時間,我們必須回觀自己。本書是獻給每個人認識自我,也認識萬物之理的一場迷人旅程。(文/博客來編譯)
A global superstar. . . Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation’ - Channel 4 News
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting journey to discover the meaning of time
’We are time. We are this space, this plain opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are nostalgia. We are longing for a future that will not come.’
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Time flows at a different speed in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think, and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe.
With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, philosophy and art, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery. Enlightening and consoling, The Order of Time shows that to understand ourselves we need to reflect on time -- and to understand time we need to reflect on ourselves.